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Date Posted: 19:27:15 02/14/07 Wed
Author: Emily Clark
Subject: Re: Teaching talented students
In reply to: Lila Kayali 's message, "Teaching talented students" on 10:35:42 02/14/07 Wed

I agree! These talents and interests that many students have should be cultivated as much as other core subjects. Since these are the areas the student is interested in, these are the areas that they are more likely to have success in. In addition, I think that the focus on IQ scores and intelligence sometimes hurts students whose talents lie elsewhere. While the core subjects are clearly essential for students to learn in order to excel in college and/or the work force, many students may find another area they are interested in as well. Students without the opportunity to explore whether they may have talent in another area (other forms of intelligence aside from just basic reading and math--two forms most frequently looked at and tested), may feel like they can't keep up in these subjects and just aren't smart. However, with art, PE, music, foreign language and other subjects, students may discover where their talent lies.

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